Adaptive Simultaneous Multilink Operational Framework

1. A method comprising: establishing, via a multilink device station, a first multilink connection associated with a first basic service set and a second multilink connection associated with a second basic service set; setting, via an adaptive simultaneous multilink engine, the second basic service set as a priority basic service set, wherein the priority basic service set is allowed to have at least one link of the second multilink connection enabled at all times while the priority basic service set is active; switching, via the adaptive simultaneous multilink engine, an enabled link of the first basic service set on which communications are carried, wherein switching the enabled link includes switching from using a first link of the first multilink connection to a second link of the first multilink connection, based at least in part on a dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set; and in response to determining that the enabled link of the first basic service set has been switched, switching an enabled link of the second basic service set based, at least in part, on the dynamic dwell duration, wherein the dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set is determined based, at least in part, on one or more connection metrics, and wherein switching the enabled link of the second basic service set includes enabling the first link while the second link is concurrently enabled for a first duration, and disabling the second link after the first duration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more connection metrics includes at least one of a priority of the first basic service set, channel statistical information of the first and second links, end-user requirements for throughput or latency for the first and second basic service sets, packet success rate per link and per basic service set, and a respective received signal strength indicator of the first and second links for each of the first and second basic service sets.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, via the adaptive simultaneous multilink engine, the dynamic dwell duration based, at least in part on a historic dwell duration during a previous slot of at least one of the first or second link.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein switching the enabled link of either the first basic service set or second basic service set includes transmitting a power management bit enabling a respective link on one of the first link or the second link, and transmitting a power management bit entering a power-saving mode for the respective link on one of the second link or the first link that the power management bit enabling the respective link is not transmitted.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: contending, via the multilink device station, the first link, second link, and a third link for data transmission in at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; determining, via a multilink operation mode switch logic, a first MLO mode to operate based, at least in part on the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; and switching, via the multilink operation mode switch logic, to a second MLO mode based, at least in part, on a change in the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first MLO mode and second MLO mode are respectively one of a simultaneous transmit and receive multilink (STR-ML) mode operating on two of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, an enhanced multilink single radio (EMLSR) mode operating on one of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, and simultaneous operation of STR-ML and EMLSR across all three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein in STR-ML mode, the first link, associated with a 2.4 GHz band, and one of the second link, associated with a 5 GHz band, or the third link, associated with a 6 GHz band, are enabled.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein in EMLSR mode, one of the second link, associated with a 5 GHz band, or the third link, associated with a 6 GHz band, is enabled.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the processor to: establish, via a multilink device station, a first multilink connection associated with a first basic service set and a second multilink connection associated with a second basic service set; set the second basic service set as a priority basic service set, wherein the priority basic service set is allowed to have at least one link of the second multilink connection enabled at all times while the priority basic service set is active; switch an enabled link of the first basic service set on which communications are carried, wherein switching the enabled link includes switching from using a first link of the first multilink connection to a second link of the first multilink connection, based at least in part on a dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set; and in response to determining that the enabled link of the first basic service set has been switched, switch an enabled link of the second basic service set based, at least in part, on the dynamic dwell duration, wherein the dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set is determined based, at least in part, on one or more connection metrics, and wherein switching the enabled link of the second basic service set includes enabling the first link while the second link is concurrently enabled for a first duration, and disabling the second link after the first duration.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more connection metrics includes at least one of a priority of the first basic service set, channel statistical information of the first and second links, end-user requirements for throughput or latency for the first and second basic service sets, packet success rate per link and per basic service set, and a respective received signal strength indicator of the first and second links for each of the first and second basic service sets.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions is further executable by the processor to: determine, via the adaptive simultaneous multilink engine, the dynamic dwell duration based, at least in part on a historic dwell duration during a previous slot of at least one of the first or second link.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein switching the enabled link of either the first basic service set or second basic service set includes transmitting a power management bit enabling a respective link on one of the first link or the second link, and transmitting a power management bit entering a power-saving mode for the respective link on one of the second link or the first link that the power management bit enabling the respective link is not transmitted.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions is further executable by the processor to: contend, via the multilink device station, the first link, second link, and a third link for data transmission in at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; determine a first MLO mode to operate based, at least in part on the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; and switch to a second MLO mode based, at least in part, on a change in the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first MLO mode and second MLO mode are respectively one of a simultaneous transmit and receive multilink (STR-ML) mode operating on two of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, an enhanced multilink single radio (EMLSR) mode operating on one of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, and simultaneous operation of STR-ML and EMLSR across all three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein in STR-ML mode, the first link, associated with a 2.4 GHz band, and one of the second link, associated with a 5 GHz band, or the third link, associated with a 6 GHz band, are enabled, and wherein in EMLSR mode, one of the second link, associated with a 5 GHz band, or the third link, associated with a 6 GHz band, is enabled.

16. A system comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the processor to: establish a first multilink connection associated with a first basic service set and a second multilink connection associated with a second basic service set; set the second basic service set as a priority basic service set, the priority basic service set configured to have at least one link of the second multilink connection enabled at all times while the priority basic service set is active; switch an enabled link of the first basic service set on which communications are carried, wherein switching the enabled link includes switching from using a first link of the first multilink connection to a second link of the first multilink connection, based at least in part on a dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set; and in response to determining that the enabled link of the first basic service set has been switched, switch an enabled link of the second basic service set based, at least in part, on the dynamic dwell duration, wherein the dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set is determined based, at least in part, on one or more connection metrics, and wherein switching the enabled link of the second basic service set includes enabling the first link while the second link is concurrently enabled for a first duration, and disabling the second link after the first duration.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more connection metrics includes at least one of a priority of the first basic service set, channel statistical information of the first and second links, end-user requirements for throughput or latency for the first and second basic service sets, packet success rate per link and per basic service set, and a respective received signal strength indicator of the first and second links for each of the first and second basic service sets.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the set of instructions is further executable by the processor to: determine, via the adaptive simultaneous multilink engine, the dynamic dwell duration based, at least in part on a historic dwell duration during a previous slot of at least one of the first or second link.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the set of instructions is further executable by the processor to: contend, via the multilink device station, the first link, second link, and a third link for data transmission in at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; determine a first MLO mode to operate based, at least in part on the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; and switch to a second MLO mode based, at least in part, on a change in the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the first MLO mode and second MLO mode are respectively one of a simultaneous transmit and receive multilink (STR-ML) mode operating on two of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, an enhanced multilink single radio (EMLSR) mode operating on one of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, and simultaneous operation of STR-ML and EMLSR across all three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

21. A wireless integrated circuit device comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless transmissions, the wherein transceiver includes a plurality of radios; a simultaneous multilink operation logic configured to: establish, via the transceiver, a first multilink connection associated with a first basic service set and a second multilink connection associated with a second basic service set; set the second basic service set as a priority basic service set, the priority basic service set configured to have at least one link of the second multilink connection enabled at all times while the priority basic service set is active; switch an enabled link of the first basic service set on which communications are carried, wherein switching the enabled link includes switching from using a first link of the first multilink connection to a second link of the first multilink connection, based at least in part on a dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set; and in response to determining that the enabled link of the first basic service set has been switched, switch an enabled link of the second basic service set based, at least in part, on the dynamic dwell duration, wherein the dynamic dwell duration of the first basic service set is determined based, at least in part, on one or more connection metrics, and wherein switching the enabled link of the second basic service set includes enabling the first link while the second link is concurrently enabled for a first duration, and disabling the second link after the first duration.

22. The wireless integrated circuit device of claim 21, wherein the one or more connection metrics includes at least one of a priority of the first basic service set, channel statistical information of the first and second links, end-user requirements for throughput or latency for the first and second basic service sets, packet success rate per link and per basic service set, and a respective received signal strength indicator of the first and second links for each of the first and second basic service sets.

23. The wireless integrated circuit device of claim 21, wherein the simultaneous multilink operation logic is further configured to: determine the dynamic dwell duration based, at least in part on a historic dwell duration during a previous slot of at least one of the first or second link.

24. The wireless integrated circuit device of claim 21, wherein the simultaneous multilink operation logic is further configured to: contend, via the transceiver, the first link, second link, and a third link for data transmission in at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; determine a first MLO mode to operate based, at least in part on the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection; and switch to a second MLO mode based, at least in part, on a change in the one or more connection metrics of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.

25. The wireless integrated circuit device of claim 21, wherein the first MLO mode and second MLO mode are respectively one of a simultaneous transmit and receive multilink (STR-ML) mode operating on two of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, an enhanced multilink single radio (EMLSR) mode operating on one of the three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection, and simultaneous operation of STR-ML and EMLSR across all three links of the at least one of the first multilink connection or second multilink connection.